Where does “kevennys” come from?

kevennys (Finnish) comes from Finnish keventää, from Finnish keveä, from Proto-Finnic kepedä, from Proto-Uralic kepä — light, of little weight.

kevennys (Finnish): lightening; comic relief; icebreaker

Definitions

  1. lightening; comic relief; icebreaker

Ancestry of “kevennys”, step by step

kevennys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keventää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeventääto lighten; to cut, reduce; to post
2Finnishkeveälightweight
3Proto-Finnickepedälight, of little weight
4Proto-Uralickepälight, of little weight

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “kevennys”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kepä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kepedä →Every word from Finnish keveä →